U.S. House · New York's 11th Congressional District

• NoWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
• NoResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
• YesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
• NoBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
• NoWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
• YesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
• YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
• YesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
• YesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
• YesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
• YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
• NoRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
• YesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
• YesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
• YesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
• YesLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
• YesSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · H.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · 2023-05-11 roll call ↗Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.
• NoInflation Reduction Act — final House passage · H.R. 5376 · Passed 220–207 · 2022-08-12 roll call ↗Enacted clean-energy and climate tax credits, a 15% minimum tax on large corporations' book income, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, and Medicare drug-price negotiation.
• NoAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · H.R. 1808 · Passed 217–213 · 2022-07-29 roll call ↗Would have banned the sale, manufacture and import of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
• NoWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · H.R. 8296 · Passed 219–210 · 2022-07-15 roll call ↗Passed after Dobbs; would have created a federal statutory right to abortion services and limited state restrictions.
• NoBipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · S. 2938 · Passed 234–193 · 2022-06-24 roll call ↗Expanded background checks for buyers under 21, funded state red-flag and crisis-intervention programs, and narrowed the "boyfriend loophole."
• NoBuild Back Better Act — House passage · H.R. 5376 · Passed 220–213 · 2021-11-19 roll call ↗Would have funded clean-energy tax credits, universal pre-kindergarten and child-care subsidies, and extended health-coverage subsidies; it did not pass the Senate.
• NoWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · H.R. 3755 · Passed 218–211 · 2021-09-24 roll call ↗Would have created a federal statutory right for providers to offer, and patients to receive, abortion services, limiting state restrictions.
• NoAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · H.R. 6 · Passed 228–197 · 2021-03-18 roll call ↗Would have created a path to permanent legal status for many undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and for certain TPS and DED holders.

• bill2026-09-16 · Introduced H.R. 9499, the Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act, which passed the House unanimously on September 16, 2026; the bill limits the indefinite statute of limitations on fraudulent tax returns to cases where the taxpayer knowingly intended to commit fraud, rather than cases where a dishonest preparer acted alone.[5]
• bill2026-09-17 · Co-introduced with Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) H.R. 5439, the Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act, which passed the House Ways and Means Committee; it creates a 6-year Medicare pilot program at 40 hospitals delivering medically tailored meals to Medicare beneficiaries with diet-affected chronic diseases after hospital discharge.[6]
• bill2026-07-22 · Introduced H.R. 9771, the Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026, which passed the House Ways and Means Committee; it bars large tax-exempt organizations from making contributions to political committees for two years after receiving a gift from a foreign national and imposes escalating penalties, including suspension of tax-exempt status after a third violation.[7]
• action2026-08-18 · Announced $1,000,000 in federal funding for CCTV security upgrades at NYCHA's Berry Houses development in Staten Island.[8]

• ✕OpposesKeep congestion pricing in Manhattan

  Opposes keeping Manhattan's congestion pricing toll program and discussed ending it with President Trump, whose administration moved to pull federal approval for the program.[10]

• ✓SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations. Voted yes on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11). Voted no on American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6, 2021-03-18).[14][15][16][17][18][19]

• ✕OpposesExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted no on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[15][16][17][20]

• ✕OpposesFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits. Voted no on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.[15][16][17][21][22]

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent. Voted no on Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.[15][16][17][22]

• ✓SupportsBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[23]

• ✕OpposesUniversal, publicly funded child careFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.[21]

• ✕OpposesStricter gun lawsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29). Voted no on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24).[24][25]

• ✕OpposesProtect legal access to abortionFrom recorded votes

  Voted no on Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24). Voted no on Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15).[26][27]

• Supported the 2025 budget reconciliation law ("Big Beautiful Bill"), citing provisions making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, quadrupling the SALT deduction cap to $40,000, and exempting most seniors' Social Security income from federal tax.[9]
• Has pushed to end New York City's congestion pricing tolling program and discussed the issue directly with President Trump.[10]
• As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, has focused legislative work on tax administration and IRS accountability issues, including bills addressing stolen tax refund checks and fraudulent return preparers.[5][11]

• Earned a B.A. from Seton Hall University and an M.B.A. from Wagner College.[4]
• Worked as a liaison for former New York State Senator John Marchi and former New York Governor George Pataki, and as a public affairs manager, before entering elected office.[4]
• Served in the New York State Assembly, representing District 60 (2011–2013) and District 64 (2013–2021), before being elected to Congress in 2020.[4]
• In the 119th Congress (2025–2026), sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means (Oversight and Tax subcommittees) and the Joint Economic Committee; previously served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.[4]

Raised $2.8M · spent $1.3M · $2.8M cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverage

  Supports moving to a single-payer healthcare system that eliminates co-pays and deductibles, and opposes Republican-enacted cuts to ACA subsidies, Medicaid and Medicare.[13]

• ✕OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportations

  Says immigration enforcement is necessary for people who have committed crimes but that ICE is operating unconstitutionally and should be abolished as currently structured, citing warrantless searches and arrests.[13]

• ✓SupportsStricter gun laws

  Supports universal background checks, gun licensing, and an assault weapons ban; holds the 2026 Moms Demand Action candidate distinction.[13]

• ✓SupportsProtect legal access to abortion

  Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and says decisions about reproductive care belong to women, not government.[13]

• ✓SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Wants to reduce the tax burden on working-class families while requiring billionaires and large corporations to pay a higher share.[13]

• ✓SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels

  Supports federal climate action, including penalties for water and air pollution and infrastructure investment to protect shorelines from storms and flooding.[13]

• Says Congress needs stronger checks on executive power, comparing the need to post-Watergate congressional reforms, so that policy is not set by executive action alone.[13]
• Wants to reduce the tax burden on working people and require higher earners to "pay their fair share" to address rising costs for groceries, gas, healthcare, and housing.[13]
• As a former teacher, says he will oppose efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and push for more investment in public education.[13]
• Does not accept money from corporate PACs or PACs that lobby on behalf of a single foreign nation.[13]

• Worked as a volunteer EMT in college and later as a SWAT paramedic and field training officer in Michigan, where he helped create the state's first K-9 unit pre-hospital emergency care program.[12]
• Served as a first responder at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, treating injured firefighters.[12]
• Served a decade as a New York City police officer while earning a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School; later worked as a civil litigation attorney.[12]
• Served as Chief of Staff and Director of Legislation in the New York State Assembly, working on transparency measures and conditions for NYCHA residents.[12]
• Earned a Master's in Education from Hunter College through an AmeriCorps Teaching Fellowship and worked as a special education teacher in New York City District 75 schools, teaching students on the autism spectrum.[12]

Raised $68K · spent $32K · $35K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗